# 2024–25 Manchester City W.F.C. season

The 2024–25 season will be Manchester City Women's Football Club's 37th season of competitive football and their twelfth season in the Women's Super League, the highest level of English women's football.
Gareth Taylor was sacked from his position as head coach on 10 March 2025. Former head coach Nick Cushing assumed the role on an interim basis until the end of the season.

## Pre-season

Manchester City participated in the inaugural Perth International Football Cup invitational friendly as part of preseason.

## Competitions
### Women's Super League
#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 5 March 2025. Source: FA WSL

#### Results by matchday

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 |
| Ground | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | A | H |
| Result | D | W | W | W | W | W | W | L | W | L | L | W | L | W | W | D | | | | | | |
| Position | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | | | | | | |

#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 2 | Arsenal | 16 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 41 | 13 | +28 | 36 | Qualification for the Champions League second round |
| 3 | Manchester United | 16 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 30 | 9 | +21 | 36 | Qualification for the Champions League first round |
| 4 | Manchester City | 16 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 37 | 20 | +17 | 32 | |
| 5 | Liverpool | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 25 | −8 | 21 | |
| 6 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 22 | 27 | −5 | 19 | |

### FA Cup

As a member of the first tier, Manchester City entered the FA Cup in the fourth round proper.

### League Cup

Having qualified for the 2024–25 UEFA Women's Champions League group stage, Manchester City entered the League Cup at the quarter-final stage.

#### Knockout stage
### Champions League

As a result of finishing second in the 2023–24 Women's Super League, Manchester City entered the Champions League in the second qualifying round.

#### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Barcelona | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 3 | +23 | 15 | Advance to quarter-finals |
| 2 | Manchester City | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 6 | +5 | 15 | Advance to quarter-finals |
| 3 | Hammarby | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 17 | −12 | 6 | |
| 4 | St. Pölten | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 20 | −16 | 0 | |
* 1 2 Barcelona 3 Pts, +1 GD; Manchester City 3 Pts, −1 GD.

#### Knockout phase

Quarter-finals

## Squad information
### Playing statistics

    As of 15 March 2025
Starting appearances are listed first, followed by substitute appearances after the + symbol where applicable.
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | WSL | WSL | FA Cup | FA Cup | League Cup | League Cup | Champions League | Champions League |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 2 | DF | JPN | Risa Shimizu | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | ENG | Naomi Layzell | 8 | 1 | 2+1 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 4 | DF | ESP | Laia Aleixandri | 25 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4+2 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | ENG | Alex Greenwood | 16 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 6 | FW | NED | Vivianne Miedema | 15 | 8 | 7+2 | 6 | 1+1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 7 | MF | ENG | Laura Coombs | 11 | 2 | 0+5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0+4 | 0 |
| 8 | FW | AUS | Mary Fowler | 29 | 10 | 11+4 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 2 |
| 10 | MF | NED | Jill Roord | 25 | 5 | 13+2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2+1 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | ENG | Lauren Hemp | 10 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 12 | GK | ENG | Eve Annets | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | AUT | Laura Wienroither | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | BRA | Kerolin | 9 | 1 | 2+3 | 0 | 1+1 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | ESP | Leila Ouahabi | 27 | 1 | 14+1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2+1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 16 | FW | ENG | Jess Park | 29 | 7 | 13+2 | 4 | 2+1 | 1 | 0+3 | 0 | 8 | 2 |
| 18 | DF | NED | Kerstin Casparij | 27 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5+1 | 1 |
| 19 | MF | ENG | Laura Blindkilde Brown | 20 | 1 | 3+6 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6+1 | 1 |
| 20 | FW | JPN | Aoba Fujino | 27 | 4 | 12+3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6+2 | 2 |
| 21 | FW | JAM | Khadija Shaw | 22 | 19 | 10+4 | 12 | 1+1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4+1 | 5 |
| 25 | MF | JPN | Yui Hasegawa | 29 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | IRL | Tara O'Hanlon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | GER | Rebecca Knaak | 8 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | ENG | Gracie Prior | 10 | 1 | 2+1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 |
| 30 | MF | JPN | Aemu Oyama | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | GK | JPN | Ayaka Yamashita | 20 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 35 | GK | ENG | Khiara Keating | 11 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 40 | GK | ENG | Katie Startup | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | DF | ENG | Codie Thomas | 3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 46 | FW | ENG | Lily Murphy | 15 | 2 | 1+6 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1+4 | 1 |
| 52 | MF | IRL | Eve O'Carroll | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 53 | DF | WAL | Mayzee Davies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players away from the club on loan: ||||||||||||||
| 9 | FW | ENG | Chloe Kelly | 12 | 2 | 1+5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2+3 | 2 |
| Players who appeared for the club but left during the season: ||||||||||||||
| 14 | DF | AUS | Alanna Kennedy | 15 | 1 | 4+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6+2 | 1 |